Julius hilboen



J. HILBORN.

(ModeL) CORSET.

Patented Feb.

N. PETERS. Phommho n hur. washingtnn, D. (1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS HILBORN, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 MORITZ (John, on

SAME PLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,316, dated February 28, 1882, Application filed April 2G,1S80. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULrUs HILBORN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished and forming a part of the same, is a clear, true, and exact description of my invention.

One object of my invention is to provide for an easy but close fit in a corset from a point below the arms to and over the hips to the bottom edge of the corset. Another object is to so stiffen the hip-gores in front and rear as to allow them to readily conform to adjacent portions of the body, and yet afford the requisite staying properties aboutthe waist and hips; and, still further, to provide for acomfortable freedom of movement by the wearer without impairing the supporting capacities of the corset. In the attainment of these ends in accord ance with my invention I am enabled to produce a corset well boned or stiffened through out and having the desirable staying qualities mainly by the use of short bones, which contributes to economyin manufacture, my improved corset as a whole bein g preferable to one in which long bones are mainly employed.

The several features of my invention, after being fullyindicated in connection with the detailed description, will be made the subject of claims hereunto annexed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view ofa complete corset embodying my-invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of one-half of an opened or distended corset embodying my invention. a

The cut of the corset so far as relates to the steel section A, breast-gores a, and breast top band, I), is as heretofore. The front or breast section,-B, from the waist upward, is substantially as heretofore; but below the waist it terminates at a point at c.

The complex side and front section, 0, extends from the top of the corset downward along one breast-gore to near the waist, and thence downward and diagonally below the breast-section B, and unites with the inner edge of the steel section A.

The side section, D, extends from the top of the corset, beneath the arm, to the lower edge of the corset, over the hip. Beldw the waistline it is enlarged to serve as a gore for partially providing for the requisite hip enlargement. This side section is padded, and may be quilted, as shown, for preserving it against undue stretching and twisting, although desirably soft and flexible.

Heretofore padded front sections have been embodied in corsets; but, so far as my knowledge extends, no corset has heretofore been padded either at the side or adjacent to the hip-bone for producing the effect sought by me, as hereinafter fully set-forth.

The back section,E, embraces the back bones or steels, as usual, and extends from the top downward along the edge of the side section to the waist-line, andthence rearward and downward on a curved line to a point near the back bones at the lower edge of the corset.

Two hip-gores are employed on each side of the corset. The front hip-gore, F, occupies the triangular space in frontof the side section, D, and the hip-gore F the triangular space at the rear of the side section.

The padded side section, D, is stiffened throughout its length bya steel atits rear edge, d, and at its front edge, e, by two long bones, which extend from top to bottom of the corset. These side-section stiffeners diverge at the waist, so as not to override the apex of the hip bone, but lie in front of and at the rear thereof, and they so distend the widened lower portion of said padded section as to preventit from being unduly forced upward by the hipbone during the movements of the body. 7

The padded front sections, hereinbefore referred to as heretofore embodied in corsets, were also bounded on each side by vertical stifl'eners, which diverged at the waist-line for affording an intervening padded portion at the top for the accommodation of the breasts, and also at the bottom of the corset for accommodating the abdomen; but as heretofore used said padded front sections and theirstiffeners IOO by my padded side sections stiffened at each side by bones which diverge at the waist-line.

The corset at the j unction of the side and front sections, G, with the front hip-gores, F, is stiffened by the angular or curved bones f, which extend from the waist-line at the edge of the padded section forward and downward to the lower edge of the corset near its front, and at the junction of the rear or back sections, E, with the rear hip-gores, F, it is stifiened by the curved bones g, which extend from the waistline at the edge of the padded section rearward and downward to a point near the back steel at the lower edge of the corset. Each hip-gore is stiffened by vertical bones h, graduated in length, and extending vertically and parallel with each other from the curved bones f and g, respectively, to near the lower edge of the corset. The bones i of the front breast-sections, B, are also graduated in length, extending from the top edge of the corset to various points along the angular upper edge of the complex side and front section, 0. The bones 7c of the sections 0 are also partially graduated in length. A few of these bones-three in this instance-extend from the top of the corset, adjacent to the outer side of the breast, downward alongside and thence beneath the breast-section and its bones to near the lower front edge of the corset. The remainder of the bones in this section extend from the top of the corset to various points along the angular or curved bones above the front hip-gore, F. The bones Z in the back sections, E, are also graduated in length, and extend from the top edge of the corset to various points along the angular or curved bones 9 above the rearhipgore, F.

It will be seen that my corset, although well stiffened or stayed adjacent to the hips, can nevertheless snugly conform to that portion of the body without discomfort. The padded side section, although stiffened, allows the free movement of the upper portion of the body from side to side without chafing at the hips. The arrangement of front and rear hip-gores, separated by the side section and its stiffeners, enables the free forward and rearward movement of the upper portion of the body without discomfort, and the hip-gores being separately stiffened afford the desirable supporting efiect at the lower side portions of the corset and at the waist. The curved or angular stifi'cners above the hip-gores admit of a desirable joint ed action without impairing the bracing effect of the corset; and the same is true of the arrangement of the stiffeners in the side and front section, 0, which are interposed between the breast-section and the front hip-gore.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and to be secured by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, in a corset having a side section stiffened at eachedgeifrom top to bottom of the corset, of front and rear hip gores or sections, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a corset, of a stiffened side section and stiffened hip-gores at the front and rear of the side section, substantially as described. I

3. In a corset, the combination, with front and rear hip-gores having stiifeners h h, of vertical stiifeners or bones above the hip-gores and curved or inclined stiffeners interposed between the vertical stiffeners and the hip-gores, substantially as described.

4. In a corset, the combination of the stiffened breast-section, the stiffened front hip-gore, and the stiffened complex side and front section interposed between the breast-section and the front hip-gore, each of said sections and said front hip-gore having separate and independent groups of bones, substantially as described.

JULiUs HILBORN.

Witnesses:

M. W. HENIUs, LEON S. COHEN. 

